Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-28
PERSONAL,

Mrs. HEMANs died at the sc OF II, worn
out by domestic unhappiness.
THE Prince of Wales will sperd all next
month IN foreign travel, largely IN Malta and
Greece.
PRINCESS BISMARCK has been made lady
OF the Order OF ST. Theresa by the Dowager
Queen Of Bavaria,
GEN. THOMAS ). RRADY, Of star route noto-
rlety. Is reported to be almost entirely broken
down by adversely.
LoED CHURCHILL's gElDL, Lauv Verena
L0wtner, mas 4 fOrtppe OF $500 0JU, left to her
10y Ner father, the fourth Lord Ions tale.
THE COMTG ne PARIS is winning renown in
England, not as statesman or author. but as
one OF The mos graceful sRagers IN London.
MRS. RANSOM. wife OF The Senator. 10 one
OF the most hi-hiy educated women IN the
south. she fitted each one Of her SIN sUus Tor
col eye.
tn grave Of Edmund About. in the GENE.
terry Of rere la CadI-e, IS never wItnoUt }
bouquet of Il, wcrs. placed there by she widow
OF tn dead author.
THE ate Col. CHARLES Thomson Jones. OF
Phnadeiphls, was more Ina halt a century
ago the par ucr OF IhlIdeus Stevens IN the
publication o. an anu Masonic paper.
scHLIEMANN. the explorer, is on the Y lie.
proposing TO ascend as far a. the second cata-
raCt. NeNt sprinS he VIII maze another at
tempt to eKcsyate IN the island of Crete.
MliE ADELISA PATTI is one OF the most u n =
gr.c!pus OF women 10 granting her autogra pin
ranking next to VI me. Nilsson in this matter:
but ,he 10 II collector herself ana has mag
nIhcent a bum.
BoSToS COBBETT, the man who shot Wilkes
Booth. the assassin Of President Llncolp Is
now an assistant doorkeeper IN the Kansas
Leg stature. He lives In a dug out in Cloud
county aud is very poor.
JULES VERNE the novelist, is about So years
old, his hair Is turning white, and his once
graceiul figure ID beg inning 10 give way TO a
cOmioTtiOe rOtundlty. lie has his own
yacht, ana spends mucn Of his time at sea.
NELLIE DECoMAr, the midget, who is
forty-hve inches high, has be-
come the mother of healthy son weighing 10
pounds. Nellie is niece OF Mrs. Tom
Thumb. Her husband Is feet inches tall.
WHEN Joseph jefferson was camping out
last summer one of his mates asked him " re-
elite 4 certain scene from Rip Van Winkle'
not repeat any long passage from his parts
away from the theatre.
HAENIscH's bronze statue OF John c. Cal
houu Will be unveiled at Charleston, $. C., IN
April. The pedestal Is IN place aud the
statue has reached Marion square. where II
- u stand, but The tour bronze figures OF
Justice, Truth. History ana the Constitution
are still to be cast In ltaly.
Mrs. MARGARET }. PRESTON, the Virginia
poet. and her sister. Eleanor Cochrane Jack
son. who was the first wife OF Stouewall
Jackson, were granddaughter OF Eleanor
Cochraue, who. with sally Brown, the grand
mother OF BENJAMIN and William Chambers.
escaped massacre by being absent from
Enotn Browns school when il was attacked
by Indians. ON July %, 1854.
MARIENNE Nc SEtsH, when q little girl in
South Bend. 4. slowed the title upon Henry
Cav Dean which wli stlca to him while he
lives. Al q gathering OF ministers which
lasted several days Rev. Mr.. Dean WAS pres
eut. anu n shirt and cOilAr-sulled when he
camc-go' drtier and drtier ~ the days
pa-sei. Finally the little girl appealed to
ner father and said: "Pa. won't you pi a,e
give that DIrty-Shlrt Dean clean snirtT'
The ministers who overheard hes ait mpte
TO punish Deans cAreles. ness by calling min
by that name, sud II followed MIN from the
pulpit into politics,